EMERGENCY RESPONSE Guide

W Hazardous Materials Release Meacig/ Crimial Behavior 9 Persoal Ijury Medical Emergecy EMERGENCY RESPONSE Guide EMERGENCY AND CONTACT INFORMATION R Bomb Threat 6 Buildig Evacuatio 3 Earthquake Fire 7 Flood/ Thuderstorm Persoal Campus Safety www.ur.edu/emergecy T Power Outage

Quick Referece Numbers IN THE EVENT OF FIRE, MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR DANGER TO LIFE, HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT, CALL 911 (775) 334-COPS (2677) Uiversity Police (775) 784-4013 Uiversity Police (o-emergecy) (775) 327-5040 Laboratory materials, evirometal releases or chemical exposures (24 hours, o-emergecy) (775) 784-6598 Studet Health Ceter (775) 784-4648 Couselig Services (774) 784-8020 Facilities Services (775) 742-6808 Campus Escort Service (775) 784-6837 Schedulig Services (classroom issues) (775) 682-5000 Help Desk (computer support) (800) 992-5757 Crisis Call Ceter (crisis situatios icludig sexual assault) (800) 273-TALK (8255) Natioal Suicide Prevetio Lifelie (775) 784-6397 Alarm Issues: Dea Hummel (775) 745-7285 (cell) (775) 784-6397 Extiguisher Issues: Rady Johs (775) 745-7391 (cell) (775) 327-5040 Evirometal Health & Safety cocers (o-emergecy) Evirometal Health & Safety Cotacts Radiatio Safety Officer Myug Chul Jo 327-5040 287-6725(cell) Hazardous Waste Maager Woody Wright 327-5040 232-6975(cell) Chemical Safety Officer Be Owes 327-5040 843-2113(cell) Biosafety Officer Be Owes 327-5040 843-2113(cell) Recorded Iformatio I cases of iclemet weather or other emergecies that might ecessitate a campus closure, call the mai Uiversity lie (775) 784-1110 ad press 4 for recorded iformatio. Additioal Copies of this Publicatio ad More Iformatio: For a additioal copy of the Emergecy Respose Guide, please cotact Evirometal Health ad Safety, (775) 327-5040. Updated iformatio is available olie: www.ur.edu/emergecy. Revised May 2008.

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R Bomb Threat 1. If you see a suspicious object or potetial bomb o campus, DO NOT TOUCH THE OBJECT. Clear the area ad immediately call 911. 2. I the area of the cocer, do ot ope ay drawers or cabiets. Do ot use ay cell phoes or two-way radios. Do ot tur o or off ay electrical devices, light switches, radios or other kids of electroic devices. 3. All faculty, staff, ad studets will be evacuated from buildig(s) ad should proceed to the desigated safe area(s) for a head cout. Keep walkways clear for emergecy vehicles ad persoel. 4. A ivestigatio will be coducted ad o oe will be allowed to re-eter a buildig util the police have determied it to be safe. IF YOU RECEIVE A BOMB THREAT OVER THE TELEPHONE: Be calm ad courteous. Liste ad do ot iterrupt the caller. Keep the caller o the phoe as log as possible ad do ot hag up. Write dow the caller ID umber ad the exact time of the call. If a studet is aswerig the phoes, have a staff member take the call if possible. Sigal someoe to call police ad alert the buildig admiistrator or desigee. Write dow everythig the caller says. Complete the Bomb Threat Form. (See ext page) Make a educated guess as to the caller s sex, age, race, ad accet. Idetify ay backgroud oises. Eve after the caller hags up, keep the phoe off the hook so the police ca attempt to trace the call. Discuss this matter oly with admiistrators to esure that misiformatio does ot cause paic. Meet the respodig police outside or desigate a perso to meet the police. The officer will determie if the buildig is to be evacuated. www.ur.edu/emergecy 3

Bomb Threat Call Sheet Place this form ear the phoe, be calm, courteous, DO NOT INTERRUPT. Whe is the bomb goig to explode? Where is the bomb right ow? What kid of bomb is it? What will cause it to explode? Did you place the bomb? If so, Why? What is your ame? What is your address? QUESTIONS TO ASK Are you callig from a pay phoe? o Yes o No Sex of caller Race of caller Approx. age of caller o Male o Female Write the exact wordig of the threat: LANGUAGE o Well-educated o Irratioal o Taped CALLER S VOICE VOICE CHARACTERISTICS o Calm o Nasal o Cracklig Voice o Agry o Stutter o Normal o Excited o Lisp o Distict o Slow o Raspy o Slurred o Rapid o Deep o Clearig Throat o Soft o Ragged o Accet o Loud o Disguised o Familiar o Laughter o Whispered o Breathig o Cryig o Icoheret o Foul o Scripted BACKGROUND SOUNDS o Street oises o Office machiery o Factory machiery o Motor o Crockery o Clear o Aimal Noises o Static o Voices o Music o PA System o House oises o Log distace o Local o Other Remarks: Name of perso receivig call: Title: Caller ID: Work Phoe: Home phoe: Date: Report the threat immediately as a emergecy by callig 911 Note: After evacuatio, report to your desigated EMERGENCY ASSEMBLY POINT. Stay there util everyoe has bee accouted for ad wait for further directios ad iformatio. Additioal copies of this form are available o lie: www.ur.edu/emergecy 4 www.ur.edu/emergecy

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6 Buildig Evacuatio O occasio you may, without otice, be asked to evacuate the buildig. The reasos for this could be fire alarms, bomb threats, atural gas leaks, etc. Whe you are otified to evacuate, follow these procedures: 1. Aytime a evacuatio order is issued, either by alarm or verbally, evacuate immediately. 2. If possible, close all widows ad doors ad walk to the earest exit (see posted evacuatio maps). If the alarm stops soudig, cotiue evacuatio ad war others who may attempt to eter the buildig. 3. Assist disabled persos or visitors to leave the buildig. 4. Do ot use elevators. 5. Proceed 100 feet away from buildig to the desigated meetig or a Desigated Assembly Area. Keep streets ad sidewalks ope for emergecy persoel. Do ot retur to the buildig util directed to do so. The silecig of audible sires or hors does NOT mea it is safe to re-eter the buildig. 6. It is Uiversity policy to otify the Reo Fire Departmet aytime there is a evacuatio situatio. The fire departmet may issue citatios to persos who do ot evacuate a buildig durig a evacuatio. www.ur.edu/emergecy 7

6 Buildig Evacuatio DO: Alert others. Evacuate immediately. Go a safe distace from your buildig (to the pre-desigated emergecy assembly poit for your area). Atted to victims to the extet you are qualified ad prepared. If you kow of hazards or trapped persos, tell the earest police officer. Have a perso kowledgeable of icidet assist respoders. DO NOT: Ru. Use elevators. Eter the buildig util the police or emergecy maagemet persoel tell you it is safe. 8 www.ur.edu/emergecy

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3 EARTHQUAKE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE Stay i the buildig. Do ot evacuate. Duck, cover, ad hold Take shelter uder a desk, table, i a doorway or similar place. Stay away from overhead fixtures, widows, filig cabiets, ad bookcases. If you are outside, move away from buildigs, trees, power lies ad roadways. AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE Quickly gather your keys, wallets, purses, etc. ad evacuate the buildig followig Buildig Evacuatio Procedures i this booklet. (See page 7 ) Go to the Desigated Assembly Area ad wait for istructios from emergecy persoel. Report ay ijured or trapped persos ad safety hazards: fire, electrical, gas leaks, etc. Do ot leave the Desigated Assembly Area or re-eter the buildig util directed by a authorized perso. Do ot use telephoes. Leave lies ope for emergecy use. Avoid usig telephoes except for emergecies. www.ur.edu/emergecy 11

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GENERAL PROCEDURES Fire Activate the alarm by pullig the fire alarm ad/or call 911. Oly properly traied employees should attempt to extiguish a fire. Walk quickly i a orderly fashio to the earest buildig exit ad promptly vacate the facility. DO NOT USE ELEVATORS. USE THE STAIRS. Try to assist ayoe who is disabled or ijured to evacuate. To reduce fire or smoke damage, close all doors ad widows whe leavig the room ad the hallways if you have time. Report ay hazardous coditios to the Reo Fire Departmet or call 911 dispatcher. Do ot re-eter the buildig util istructed to do so by emergecy respoders. IF YOU ARE TRAPPED IN A BUILDING DURING A FIRE: Stay close to the floor where the air is less toxic. Shout at regular itervals to alert emergecy crews of your locatio. If smoke is eterig the room through cracks i the door, stuff wet clothig i the cracks to slow the flow. If your clothes catch fire, drop to the floor ad roll to smother the fire, or smother the fire with a blaket, rug, or heavy coat. AFTER A FIRE: Residual dagers may exist. Do ot eter restricted areas without official authorizatio. www.ur.edu/emergecy 15

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7 Flood & Thuderstorm FLOOD Serious water damage ca occur from a umber of sources such as broke pipes, clogged drais ad broke skylights or widows. If a water leak occurs: Remai calm. Call Facilities Services: (775) 784-8020. Advise the dispatcher of exact locatio ad severity of the leak. Notify your supervisor of the extet ad locatio of the leak. If there are electrical appliaces or electrical outlets ear the leak, use extreme cautio. If there is ay possible dager, evacuate the area. (See buildig evacuatio page 7) If you kow the source of the water ad are cofidet of your ability to stop it (i.e. uclog the drai, tur off water, etc.) do so cautiously. Address ay hazards that could result i a fire. THIS INCLUDES: Turig off gas, electricity ad water. Securig gasolie ad other flammable material cotaiers to prevet leakage. www.ur.edu/emergecy 19

THUNDERSTORM 7 Thuderstorms are dagerous. Some thuderstorms ca be see approachig while others hit without warig. It is importat to lear ad recogize dager sigs ad pla ahead. The dager sigs of a thuderstorm iclude dark, towerig or threateig clouds ad/or distat lightig ad thuder. Thuderstorm Watches ad warigs A severe thuderstorm watch is issued by the Natioal Weather Service whe the weather coditios are such that a severe thuderstorm (damagig wids 58 mph or more, or hail 3/4 i diameter or greater) is likely to develop. ww.wrh.oaa.gov/rev A severe thuderstorm warig is issued whe a severe thuderstorm has bee sighted or idicated by weather radar. Durig a Thuderstorm Warig Go iside for protectio IMMEDIATELY. Whe iside, stay away from widows, water faucets, siks, ad bathtubs. If you are caught outside, STAY AWAY from tall trees, ope fields or ope water, or small, isolated sheds. Do t use the telephoe. Uplug the televisio. I the evet of a power failure, uplug other electrical devices ad appliaces. Do t take a bath or a shower durig a storm copper pipes coduct electricity. Be aware of the dagers of floodig, hail, ad high wids. Keep a battery-powered radio ad a flashlight o had. Never go outside durig a thuderstorm, ad ever approach dowed power lies durig or after a storm. 20 www.ur.edu/emergecy

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W Hazardous Materials Release (Chemical, Radiological, Biological) FOLLOW S.W.I.M.S. S W I M S STOP ad THINK. Stop workig. Stop the spill. Assess the situatio: How big is the spill? Has it made cotact with your ski or clothig? WARN Others Call 911 if there is a medical emergecy or dager to life, health, or the eviromet. Alert people i the area. ISOLATE the Area Restrict access. Determie the extet of the spill. Keep doors closed. MONITOR Yourself Carefully ad Completely Check yourself for ay cotamiatio or sigs/symptoms of exposure (wet clothig, ski or respiratory irritatio). Remove cotamiated clothig ad place i a plastic bag. Perform decotamiatio procedures. STAY Near the Area Util Help Arrives Miimize your movemets. Have perso kowledgeable of icidet assist respoders. Notify your supervisor. YOU CAN CLEANUP A SPILL IF: You are aware of the hazards ad cleaup procedures. There is o potetial for persoal or evirometal damage. The appropriate spill cleaup equipmet is available. Two people ca clea the spill thoroughly i a hour. IF YOU ARE UNSURE IF YOU CAN CLEANUP A SPILL: Call Evirometal Health & Safety at 327-5040 (24 hours). IF IT IS A MAJOR SPILL OR UNCONTROLLED RELEASE: Call 911. www.ur.edu/emergecy 23

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Meacig/or Crimial Behavior MENACING BEHAVIOR If you ecouter a potetially dagerous perso, take steps to avoid aggravatig the situatio or the perso. Whe possible, call 911. While with or ear the perso, remai calm ad cooperate. Be sure to ot make sudde movemets. Whe it is safe to do so, call 911, ad give as much iformatio as possible uder the circumstace, especially your ame ad locatio (departmet, buildig ad room umber). If safe to do so, alert others that a emergecy or dagerous situatio is preset or immiet ad that everyoe should quietly leave the area. Stay calm. Attempt to distace yourself from the idividual. Be empathetic ad show your cocer. Try to sit dow with the perso, as sittig is a less aggressive posture tha stadig or movig aroud. Be helpful. Schedule a appoitmet for a later time, take otes. Provide positive feedback such as, We ca get this straighteed out, or I m glad you re tellig me how you feel about this. Keep a safe distace stay out of arm s reach. Miimize eye cotact. Do ot argue, yell or joke. Do ot grab, hold or touch the perso. www.ur.edu/emergecy 27

If the idividual s level of agitatio icreases, attempt the followig: Leave the scee. Call 911. Alert co-workers usig a agreed-upo code word to idicate trouble. Do ot allow meacig behavior to go ureported. Alert Uiversity Police ad co-workers immediately after the perso leaves. The key to cotrol i situatios where a perso is beig physically threateig, or someoe is i immiet dager of assault, is WORK TOGETHER WITH THOSE AROUND YOU. If physically uable to break away from a attacker, shout for help. Crimial Behavior If you witess violet or crimial behavior (assault, robbery, theft) aywhere o Uiversity property, the followig procedures should be followed: 1. Call 911 immediately. 2. Supply the 911 dispatcher with as much of the followig iformatio as possible: Your ame Your cotact iformatio (e.g., cell phoe umber) Nature of icidet Locatio of icidet Descriptio of perso(s) ivolved Descriptio of property ivolved Descriptio of weapo(s), if ay ivolved 3. If you are a witess, or were i the area at the time of the icidet, you will eed to assist the police whe they arrive by givig them ay additioal iformatio. 28 www.ur.edu/emergecy

WORKPLACE/CLASSROOM VIOLENCE If you see someoe eter a campus buildig or office with a firearm or threateig weapo, or actig i a meacig or violet maer, do the followig: 1. Call 911 immediately 2. Provide as much of the followig iformatio as possible: Your ame Your cotact iformatio (e.g., cell phoe umber) Nature of icidet Locatio of icidet Descriptio of perso(s) ivolved Descriptio of weapo(s), if ay ivolved 3. The dispatcher will direct the authorities to your locatio. 4. If you are workig i the area of the itruder, after otifyig 911, seek shelter i your area (e.g., uder a desk) util it is safe to evacuate. Stay away from doors ad widows. 5. Police will ivestigate the area where the itruder is located, ad if ecessary will evacuate employees i the buildig to the desigated safe area where a head cout will be take. 6. No oe should re-eter the buildig util the police have determied it is safe. 7. If you are a witess, or were i the area at the time of the icidet, you will eed to assist the police whe they arrive by givig them ay additioal iformatio. www.ur.edu/emergecy 29

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Persoal Safety The followig are some simple suggestios to keep you safe o campus: walkig o or aroud campus 1. If you kow you are goig to be studyig ad/or workig late o campus, pla ahead as to how you will get home safely. 2. Take advatage of safe rides from Campus Escort Service (775-742-6808) ad Uiversity Police (775-334-COPS). 3. Do t distract yourself with music players or cell phoes while walkig at ight. 4. Walk i groups or pairs. Meet frieds at locatios from which the two of you ca walk safely (i.e., well-lighted parkig lots or garages). 5. If you see a suspicious perso or situatio, call 911 or Uiversity Police (775-334-COPS). 6. Remember to lock doors ad widows. 7. Choose ope, well-lit, ad well-traveled areas to walk. 8. If you are carryig a purse, hold it firm, close to your body. Purse satchers prefer to grab from behid. 9. If you work late, arrage to leave at the same time as a co-worker. 10. Park as close as possible to your destiatio. Check with Parkig Services for iformatio about eveig passes ad other accomodatios. (775) 784-4654, www.ur.edu/parkig) 11. Be aware of your surroudigs at all times. 12. Make eye cotact with passers-by ad glace behid you occasioally. 13. If you sese that you are beig followed, chage directios or cross the street 14. If the perso persists, ru to the earest place where you ll fid people. DON T allow a strager to follow you to your doorstep. 15. Yell FIRE istead of rape or help for greater attetio. www.ur.edu/emergecy 33

I the Car 1. Park i well-lit areas. 2. Walk back to the car with your keys ready. 3. Check beeath the car ad i the back seat before gettig i to make sure o oe is hidig. 4. Keep doors locked ad widows rolled up most of the way at all times. 5. Keep your gas tak at least half full i case of emergecy. 6. Keep your car i good ruig coditio. 7. Stay o well-traveled ad well-lit roads. 8. If you are beig followed by aother car, drive ito a ope gas statio, stay i your car, ad ask the attedat to call the police. 9. If your car breaks dow, raise the hood, put o emergecy lights ad remai i the car with the doors locked. If a cell phoe is available, call for help. If ot, the wait for help. 10. Secure valuables i the truk of the vehicle or otherwise out of sight. 11. If you are rear-eded by aother vehicle, motio the driver to follow you to a public place. At Home 1. Check for sigs of forced etry such as broke glass, a tor scree, or pry marks before you go iside. 2. NEVER feel reluctat to call to police. 3. Scree all stragers kockig at your door. 34 www.ur.edu/emergecy

Safety Walk Each semester, the Seate of the Associated Studets of the Uiversity of Nevada (ASUN) sposors campus safety walks. Durig these walks studets, faculty, admiistratio ad Facilities Maiteace staff tour the campus methodically checkig for bured out lights, broke cocrete, overgrow ladscapig, ad other usafe coditios aroud campus. Report broke lights ad usafe areas of campus to Facilities Services: (775) 784-8020 Campus Escort Service Please call for hours ad iformatio: (775) 742-6808 www.ur.edu/emergecy This service provides reliable trasportatio ad escorts to ay vehicle, residece or facility withi a two mile radius of the campus perimeter Campus escort serves all uiversity studets, staff, faculty ad visitors. Over 20 specially traied studets serve as Campus Escort Officers. These officers are traied i self-defese, professioal drivig ad basic CPR/First Aid care. The service is available durig the fall ad sprig semesters with limited service o holidays ad school breaks. www.ur.edu/emergecy 35

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9 Persoal Ijury FOR AN ILLNESS OR INJURY REQUIRING URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION: Immediately call 911. If traied, give appropriate first aid util emergecy respoders arrive. DO NOT move the victim uless absolutely ecessary. REPORTING INJURIES: STUDENTS Studets ijured o campus should complete a icidet report form. The form is available from Workers Compesatio, or departmet offices. Sed completed form to Worker s Compesatio, 70 Artemesia Bldg. Mail Stop 0241. FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT EMPLOYEES Faculty, staff, ad studet employees should report ijuries by completig a C-1 form ad submittig it to Workers Compesatio. Specific istructios ca be obtaied by callig (775) 784-4394 or cotact through the Workers Compesatio website: http://www.bc-she.org/hr/wcrm/workerscomp/. MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: CALLING IN AN EMERGENCY Give your ame, locatio (buildig ame ad umber ad room umber), ad phoe extesio. Describe the emergecy: what is it, how did it happe, whe did it happe. Explai if the source of risk is curretly cotrolled. Do ot hag up util istructed to do so. www.ur.edu/emergecy 39

9 Medical emergecies may iclude ay life-threateig situatio, icludig the followig: broke boes cessatio of breathig chest pai compoud fractures excessive bleedig eye ijuries head ijury heat stroke/heat exhaustio heat cramps ihalatio of a toxic substace laceratios seizure serious allergic reactios ucosciousess The Uiversity has a Public Access Automated Exteral Defibrillator (AED) Program. Please ote the closest statio at www.ur.edu/emergecy Burs, Thermal ad Chemical Immerse thermal bur area i cold water (ot ice water). Flood chemical bur with cool water for 15 miutes. Cover bur with clea dry cloth. Keep victim quiet ad comfortable. 40 www.ur.edu/emergecy

9 If You Experiece or Witess a Medical Emergecy Call 911 immediately. Remai calm. Be prepared to provide iformatio about the emergecy. Uless traied, DO NOT reder first aid wait for emergecy persoel. IF TRAINED, use pressure to stop bleedig. IF TRAINED, use CPR if victim has NO PULSE ad is NOT BREATHING. Do ot move a victim uless safety is a cocer. Be prepared to provide emergecy respoders with vital iformatio, such as: Your ame ad telephoe umber Locatio of the ijured perso (buildig, room, etc.) Type of ijury or problem Idividual s preset coditio Sequece of evets leadig to the emergecy Medical history ad ame of ijured perso s doctor, if kow www.ur.edu/emergecy 41

9 KNOW THE WARNING SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE: Kowig the warig sigs of a heart attack ad stroke ca reduce the loss of precious time. The warig sigs of a heart attack are: Ucomfortable pressure, fulless or squeezig pai i the chest, lastig more tha a few miutes Pai spreadig to shoulders, eck, arms or jaw Light-headedess, faitig, sweatig, ausea or shortess of breath Sudde chest pai or pressure (also called agia) that worses. This may be felt as discomfort, heaviess or pai. May also be felt i the back, jaw, throat, arm or below the breastboe. Feelig as if a belt is beig tighteed aroud your chest Pai that spreads from the ceter of the chest to your arms, shoulders, eck or jaw Sweatig Feelig sick to your stomach, ausea, vomitig Dizziess Shortess of breath A fulless, idigestio or chokig feelig (may feel like heartbur ) Rapid or irregular heartbeats Extreme weakess, axiety The warig sigs of a stroke are: Sudde weakess, umbess or tiglig i the face, arm ad leg o oe side of the body Loss of speech, garbled speech or trouble talkig or uderstadig others Loss of visio, as if a shade has bee draw over oe eye Sudde dizziess or loss of balace Sudde severe headaches 42 www.ur.edu/emergecy

Heart Attack or Stroke: What should you do? Call 911. Stay o the lie. Do ot take the perso to a hospital i your ow car. Be calm ad take actios that make the victim feel less excited. Have the victim sit or lie dow. 9 Ask the perso if they take ay medicies for chest pai, such as itroglyceri. If so, get it ad follow the writte istructios o its use. Ask the perso if they are allergic to aspiri. If they are ot allergic, have them chew a aspiri as soo after callig 911 as possible. If the perso stops breathig, start mouth-to-mouth resuscitatio. Tell the 911 operator that this has happeed. If the pulse ad breathig stop, begi CPR. Cotiue util help arrives. Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitatio Place ucoscious victim o side ad remove ay foreig matter from mouth with figer. Roll victim oto back. Tilt victim s head back to ope airway. Check for breathig. If ot detected: Close victim s ostrils with figers. Ihale ad, usig a protective barrier, place your mouth lightly over the victim s mouth. Exhale util victim s chest expads. If problem, check victim for airway obstructio. After two breaths, check for pulse o eck (carotid). If oe, begi CPR. Repeat every five secods. Keep tryig util help arrives. www.ur.edu/emergecy 43

Chokig (caot cough or speak) 9 Check victim s mouth ad clear foreig matter. Give abdomial thrusts. Faitig, Ucosciousess, ad Shock Have victim lie or sit dow ad rest, elevate feet if still fait. Keep victim comfortable, ot hot or cold. Place victim o side if ucoscious. Ask or look for emergecy medical I.D. Treat other ijuries as ecessary. Severe Bleedig ad Wouds Prevet cotact with victim s blood by wearig gloves ad/ or protective clothig. Apply direct pressure o woud. Use clea cloth or had. Apply pressure to blood vessel if ecessary. Elevate body part. Add more cloth if blood soaks through. Keep pressure o woud util help arrives. Do ot use a touriquet. Poisoig or Overdose Determie what substace is ivolved ad how take. Stay with victim ad assist as ecessary. If chokig, lower head. Do ot give couteragets or eutralizers. Do ot iduce vomitig. 44 www.ur.edu/emergecy

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UTILITY FAILURE T Power Outage Examples of utility failures are loss of electricity, heatig, vetilatio, or air coditioig. Other failures are problems with atural gas or plumbig, icludig water leaks, floodig, or lack of water pressure. Notify Facilities Services: (775) 784-8020. If telephoes are ot operatig properly, sed a messeger to the Facilities Services. If evacuatio is required, follow evacuatio procedures (See page 7) ad use the stairway. I a laboratory, vetilatio hoods do ot work durig a power outage ad vapors may reach hazardous cocetratios. Persoel should secure experimets or activities that preset a dager whe the power is off, or if it is restored uexpectedly. ELEVATOR FAILURE If you are iside a elevator durig a elevator failure: Remai calm; elevators have mechaical brakes that operate i all situatios. Use the emergecy telephoe i the elevator to call for help. Tur o the Emergecy alarm to alert others ad sigal your eed for help. If you are outside the elevator durig a elevator failure: If there are passegers iside the elevator, tell them to remai calm. Call Facilities Services: (775) 784-8020 ad report the buildig ame, floor, which elevator, ad if passegers are trapped. www.ur.edu/emergecy 47

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MY INFORMATION Prit olie @ www.ur.edu/emergecy My locatio Room umber Buildig ame Buildig umber Departmet Cotact(s) Name Name Name Elevator iformatio Closest fire extiguisher Closest AED Statio My emergecy assembly poit Number Number Number www.ur.edu/emergecy